Speed & Sound: Feature Car – Street Attack Accord
Story and Photos by Jeremy Alan Glover
Hondas have always been very popular in the tuning scene, and even though the Civic is the most popular of them to modify, it’s not the only car in Honda’s line-up that people choose to make their own. Pretty much every generation of the Accord is also a popular pick. For his project, Paul of Team Overdosed chose a 1993 Accord coupe and with the help of a few key sponsors, set out to make his new pride and joy a beast that would be equally at home on the street or a race track.
To make said car into the brute desired, it needed some good ole horsepower, so Paul discarded the stock engine and swapped in a H22A engine – but, of course, that in itself wasn’t going to be enough. A T3/T4 Precision Turbo system was then hooked up to the 2.2L engine and run through a Vibrant exhaust system, adding to a long list of other high-end parts to make sure this engine ran just right, and could handle the abuse it would be asked to withstand.
With the intent of making this a track-ready steed, the brakes and suspension were the next parts on the list of things to be upgraded – but not with any ordinary “off the shelf” parts. It was determined that a full D2 Coilover Suspension kit with an Energy Suspension Polyurethane Hyper-Flex master kit would need to be installed. But he didn’t stop there; to further increase the stiffness of the car, a front upper strut bar, rear lower tie bar with rear upper strut, and a C-pillar bar by Megan Racing were installed, along with an AutoPower four-point roll cage.
With the power and handling taken care of, another integral part of this build was to upgrade the brakes. Scrubbing off all that speed when called upon in any given situation could not be left to stock parts, so the first thing was to do a rear disc swap, since the original rear drums would just not cut it. Up front, instead of simply getting better pads or rotors, a full Wilwood Big Brake kit was installed so this car could definitely stop when need be. For rollers, he chose to go with the very sticky BFG T/A KDW tires shod on Tenzo GT6 wheels.
On the interior side of things, this track-ready Accord is loaded with pieces from Sparco, Recaro, Momo and Nardi along with a set of seats out off a JDM Integra. A Panasonic MP3 head unit was swapped in, keeping the dash clean, simple and looking like it could have been factory. With the rest of this car now pretty much modified from A to Z, it remained only for its exterior to be altered. So, a carbon fibre hood and trunk were both installed to considerably lighten things up. An ABS Dynamics Mugen-Style Front Lip and custom-fitted fascia from a Honda Prelude were mounted along with side skirts, front and rear custom lights and a JDM front grill, completing its new bold look.
This is a great example of how a car can be a beast on the track on the one hand, while still being a street legal (albeit nasty looking) ride when in ‘civies,’ The build of this machine has been a great success due in part to the passion and help from a few of Paul’s sponsors such as Overdosed Performance, AVFab, BFG and Rage, making it easily one of the nicest and well-built CB7 Accords around.
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